Limiting .bash_history inputs

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/31/13 09:12, Roger wrote:
> I am using Fedora 18.
> A long time ago someone asked for a way to stop repeat commands like clear, ls -aFl,  and others from going into .bash_history.
> Can someone please tell  me what the command was.
> Thanks Roger

I think you are looking for the environment variable

HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

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